AIRBORNE
A
rarely-seen independent label, owned by Noel Brown. I had always believed
that Airborne had come and gone in the 1960s: certainly most of
its records date from that decade. However, Bobert Bowes has sent
me a scan of an Airborne single from 1974, the Newcastle United Cup Squad's 'Black And
White Army' b/w 'On The Way To Wembley'
(NBP-1200). Presumably Noel Brown revived his label, after it had
been dormant for several years; perhaps for the sole purpose of putting that
Newcastle United record out. The '60s version of Airborne issued at
least twenty-one records during the period c.1964-c.68 using the same NBP-0000
catalogue series for albums, EPs and singles alike. It seems to have
concentrated on Jazz and Caribbean (?) music during that period, if the few
examples I have seen listed are anything to go by, though the example shown is
an inoffensive sort of instrumental thing vaguely reminiscent of the New
Vaudeville Band. The company was based at 70, New Bond St, London W1.
Copyright 2009 Robert Lyons.